25-02-2009, 06:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-02-2009, 09:14 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
Walt, You know where I stand. I've asked politely several times for specific materials. Both times I was told it would happen, yet in the three years it has not. When I offered to pay for the copies, you told me you'd only send them to me inside the US and you know I'm outside. We know you are busy with other projects, but many of us feel Jay's work contains at least some diamonds we need for what we are doing and to move this case forward. I found it odd that in my last email to you, asking who the researcher was who was [you said] looking specifically at the materials I had requested, you declined to answer. As you can see above and below, some grow a tad suspicious if and when any/most will get access. Many of us thought you'd digitize the entire collection. I know what a feather in one's cap it is to have such a great collection in one's possession, but it is only 'a pile of papers' if the general researcher or public don't have access - and won't move the case forward, as apparently you aren't even actively working on them either. Please find a way to make this happen. Thank you and thank you for preserving them thus far. I didn't know Jay, but I know Plumlee and Dawn and they both had relationships with him. Plumlee had with him since 1964, I believe! Based upon their and other's information, I believe that Jay would want his work to see the light of day with all due dispatch - despite the secrecy he worked under in his lifetime. Thanks again. This said in hope, not in anger.